FRY, TEXAS

History
in a Pecan Shell

In 1926 an oil
well was drilled on J. H. Fry's property, and the community grew as
the field began to produce. A post office opened in 1927, and by 1929
Fry had a population of 200. Oil production slowed in the 1930s as
the field became depleted, and in 1941, when the community had a church,
two businesses, and scattered dwellings, the population had fallen
to 100. By 1949 it was forty, and by 1964 all that remained at the
site was a cemetery.

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